The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-10-08
ALL THE NEWS
OF WEST VIRGINIA RECORDED IN
BRIEF SPACE.
Incidents and Accidents and Matters
Miscellaneous.
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ing OF game provides that pheasants |
may be killed from October to Jan
uary l; turkeys from September Is
to January / and deer from Septem-
Der 5 to December Is.
Two ladies' Miss Belle Burrows
and Virginia Springer, each carried
out u keg of powder from burning
store during the New Martinsville
fire. The kegs were hot and they
put wet rags on them to cool them.
John Mastin, who lives in Nicho-
las county, owns a prairie dog, which
during the dry weather, dug into
the ground until he came to water.
The gentlemen lives on a mountain
and it is supposed the dog went
down hundred feet or more.
Surveyors going over the line be-
tween Washington and Greene coun-
ties, Pa, found one house so situated
that the husband eats his meal in
Washington county while the wife
eats hers in Greene, and they sleep
with their heads in one and their
feet in the other
Isaac r. Burns. of Kanawha dis
trict, Braxton county, while working
in new we'll last Thursday, fell
about eighteen feet, killing him in
stantly. He had started out of the
well and when within few feet of
the top lost his balance and fell.
His neck was broken.
A dispatch from Clarksburg last
Saturday says: This morning u
fearful fire occurred in this county,
near Lost Creek. in which the Sew
enth Day Baptist brick church, the
finest in the county outside Of
the city. was totally destroyed. Loss
about $500. The fire is supposed
to have originated in defective
flue"
County Surveyor d. j. Taft, of
Barbour county, was engaged in sur
veying piece of land purchased I'M
der decree of court, when he and
the party assisting him were as
saulted by four men, who claimed to
own the land Warrants were got
ten out for the assaulting party and
they are held to answer to court for
rioting.
At Anstead, small village in
Fayette county, this State, is the
grave of the mother of Stonewall
Jackson A stone marks her grave
with the following inscription: "Ju-
liza Beckwith Neale was born Feb
80, 1898, in Louden county, Virginia;
married first, Jonathan jackson
second, Beake B. Woodson. Died
September, 1881. To the mother of
Stonewall Jackson, by a private of
his brigade"
Major James Law Hooff, president
of the county court of Jefferson coun-
ty, died Sunday from the effects of a
long illness and slight paralysis a
few weeks ago. He was a wealthy
farmer and resided four miles west
of Charlestown. He was politician
of considerable prominence and was
elected to the county court and once
represented his county in the house
of delegates. His death is a great
loss to the county.
Five men started Sunday to cross
the New river at.Cannelton in boat.
At that point where the current is
very swift the boat was capsized ON
a rock and all thrown out. Three
of them ware drowned the other two
barely escaped by the help of man
named Arbaugh, on the shore. The
drowned men were John HUFF, Thorn
as Windsor and Silas Cook Two
of the bodies were recovered, but the
other has not yet been found.
AT Ronceverte, Greenbrier county,
colored woman by the name OF
Louise Eldridge, formerly Louise
James, of Lewisburg, was shot
through the heart few nights ago,
at midnight, while on her way home
from her husbands restaurant in
that place, and instantly killed
One John Caperton, colored, was ar
, rested and brought before the town
authorities, but in the absence OF
proof against him was discharged
The Piedmont Herald says: The
people of Barton were startled by
the finding of the body of Salem
, Moore in his residence at Dogtown
He had been seen on the streets fol
about two weeks, and it was sup
posed at first that by the decompos
ed state of the body he had beer
dead about ten days. 1t was at first
supposed that foul play had been
perpetrated, but upon close exami.
nation it was found that death re-
suited from natural causes.
One of the most sensational trials
that have been held in this State is
now in progress at Romney. The
defendant is Miss Anna K. Offner, q
young lady charged with killing hel
|, lover and paramour, Benjamin.'Brooks
a little more than year age
Brooks was found dead in a field
with bullet in his brain. A few
minutes after the shot was fred Miss
, Offner was seen riding away at full
speed from the place Miss others
attorneys are: Senator Flournoy
Hon. f. M. Reynolds and Colone
Alexander Monroe. States Attor
, ney Daley has charge of the prose
cution.
Judge jackson, of the Fedora
! court has handed down final de
/, cree in the case of Joseph Duffner VS.
d. d. I. Farnsworth ct al. This
, suit was brought by Mr.. Duffner tt
recover from the defendants the sun
of $1S, 79453, alleged to have beer
obtained from him fraudulently BY
Messrs. Farnsworth, Westfall ant
others, for large tract of land sole
to him by them upon fraudulent rep
; RESERVATIONS. The case has beer
: pending several years. The cour
/, decreed that Farnsworth and tn.
other defendants restore to Duffnel
: the sum named, $1S,794.33. An ap
peal was taken.